Chapter 108 The Goddess’s Wish
This was also a bit surprising to Ig.
After all, making Verafia the vessel of the Goddess of Life was a plan by the legendary Beltnan, and in order to ensure that Verafia could truly touch the sea of laws of the Goddess of Life, he even exhausted his own life to condense the Goddess’s Law Stone and handed it over to Verafia.
Although Ig had only recently awakened, he could roughly judge that according to Beltnan’s intentions, the person who emerged from the Sacred Spring must be a Goddess of Life, either Verafia’s will possessed her, or a new god.
“You’re talking about this?”
Verafia slightly brushed aside the golden strands with her delicate fingertips, raising her golden eyes. “When I entered the Sacred Spring of Life, I did indeed come into contact with the divine power of the Goddess of Life and felt her laws pouring into this body. Hmm, I have to say, this is truly the effect of Beltnan’s Stone of Life… However, the authority of life did not accept me.”
“The authority of life rejected you?” Ig raised his head slightly in surprise.
“This is something even this young lady didn’t expect. So, I just absorbed some divine power and laws, and grew to this extent.”
Verafia charmingly tilted her head, supporting her chin slightly with her jade hand, and tilted her head again. “However, using a word like ‘rejected’ is still a bit inaccurate. Hmm… to be precise, it didn’t choose to ‘contaminate’ this young lady.”
Ig looked confused. A moment later, the girl’s clear bell-like voice came over.
“Ig should know that Beltnan, in imitation of the Dark Elves, attempted to create their own Goddess of Life, and for this purpose, he betrayed Silosellys.”
Verafia said, “But this is a very simple and crude way to become a god… Ig remembers Azer, right? At that time, the Saint Bishop of the Church wanted him to bear the heart of the Frost God; it was a similar method. Merely stealing some of a deity’s authority, and occupying the divine position while they sleep, although this can also be called a deity, it is at best a false god.”
“Merely pouring some of a deity’s laws and authority into a vessel can indeed grant power beyond the mortal realm and some of a deity’s authority, but similarly, that power will assimilate you… Simply put, it can only accommodate the authority that has been poured in, reject other powers, and will contaminate this young lady’s spirit foundation.”
The new god Beltnan wanted would only become an usurper of the Goddess of Life, stealing some of her authority, and thereby cutting off more possibilities… Perhaps the power difference was not significant, but compared to a deity, one was the master of laws, and the other was merely a vessel, with a heaven and earth difference in terms of life’s essence and conceptual laws.
Moreover, even if the Goddess of Life who was born had Verafia’s will as the main focus, with her personality and memories, she was ultimately not entirely her.
Verafia was not unaware of this, but at that time, in front of Beltnan, she couldn’t even save her own life, and being able to preserve most of her will was considered the best option.
Of course, the final outcome was clearly not as this elderly elf had expected.
“So, when this young lady came into contact with the laws of life, I didn’t feel any malice… On the contrary, this should have helped me,” Verafia lightly raised her head and said cheerfully, blinking her gorgeous golden eyes.
“So that’s how it is.”
Ig mused thoughtfully. The girl’s meaning was not difficult to understand; she had indeed come into contact with the laws of life, but the laws of life had rejected her, not hastily elevating her to godhood.
“But why is that? The Goddess of Life has been dormant, and her laws have not stirred for decades. But on Veer, she has shown independent will more than once.”
Ig thought, raising his face. “Could it be that the Goddess of Life… no, Goddess Silosellys, is not as dormant as we imagined, and that’s why she rejected Veer? If that’s the case, then what is the situation of this Goddess Princess now?”
“Who knows.”
Looking at Ig’s confused expression, Verafia covered her mouth and chuckled softly. “However, at least, in this young lady’s perception, her will is indeed mostly dormant… even less so than Herafir within this young lady’s body back then.”
“As for what Goddess Silosellys wants to do…”
Verafia cheerfully raised her small face, her gorgeous pupils forming a golden crescent, revealing her small tiger teeth as she laughed merrily.
“No matter what, she must need this young lady in some way. Hmm, Fattel said that the Goddess of Life sleeps in the Sacred Tree, and the Sacred Tree of Life was planted by her. Perhaps, it won’t be long before she appears before me in person.”
Ig frowned slightly, still thinking about something.
Verafia chuckled, gently pulling down a few ice threads draped on the crystal dragon wings with her jade fingers, and without a word, she pulled Ig’s wrist and walked forward.
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Beltnan was a legendary strongman in his lifetime, and also a highly respected great elder of the Wood Elves. As the high priest of the Goddess of Life, even compared to the Holy See of the Church of Light, he fell in battle while resisting the invasion of the Dark Elves.
Logically speaking, the funeral of such a prominent figure should have been extremely grand, with the Queen herself attending, lords and guests from various cities arriving in endless streams, and even feudal lords from countries other than elves sending envoys to express condolences. Moreover, he should have been honored as a Saint and buried beside the Goddess Princess’s holy temple.
However, according to Beltnan’s will, he requested to be buried casually without announcing it to the outside world… Some Wood Elves who had greatly benefited from Beltnan were originally unwilling to comply with his last wishes, but their requests were suppressed by Seralis.
Seralis said, “This is the Great Elder’s wish, and we should not disturb his peace in the grace of the Goddess. Moreover, we are still in a state of war. It would be better to wait until the war is won, and let Her Majesty the Queen bestow the honor that the Great Elder deserves.”
“Hmm. I just don’t know how much of Beltnan’s will was voluntary?”
Verafia tilted her head and thought cheerfully. “However, Beltnan was a follower of Silosellys, yet his actions were almost the same as the Dark Elves, betraying his goddess in the same way. Looking at it this way, perhaps he felt ashamed to face the goddess?”
After the invasion of the Dark Elves was repelled, Beltnan was buried the next day. Hmm, Verafia was present at that time, so it was not difficult for her to find the grave of this elder elf, and she quickly led Ig to the cemetery.
